Autor: Charles L. Ponce de Leon

Few features of contemporary American culture are as widely lamented as the public’s obsession with celebrity–and the trivializing effect this obsession has on what appears as news. Nevertheless, Am …

Few features of contemporary American culture are as widely lamented as the public’s obsession with celebrity–and the trivializing effect this obsession has on what appears as news. Nevertheless, Am …

Elvis Presley was celebrity’s perfect storm. His sole but substantial contribution was talent, a fact Charles L. Ponce de Leon is careful to demonstrate throughout his wonderfully contextual Fortunat …

When critics decry the current state of our public discourse, one reliably easy target is television news. It’s too dumbed-down, they say; it’s no longer news but entertainment, celebrity-obsessed an …